# Incident 19971107045709I: Stbros SC7SERIES3, Milwaukee, WI, November 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1997, 09:30 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: General Mitchell Field
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: LIJA
- Location: 42.9469° N, 87.8971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL MITCHELL INTL (MKE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9469&lon=-87.8971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53NS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: STBROS SC7SERIES3
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,606 total, 400 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971107045709I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AS A RESULT OF IMPROPER PREFLIGHT PROCEDURES, THE ACFT TOOK OFF WITH A RIG PIN INSERTED IN THE ELEVATOR. THE PILOT USED POWER TO PITCH THE ACFT AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THE NATURE OF THE FLIGHT WAS A 14 CFR 135 CHECK RIDE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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